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⇱ Imsvatnet mine, Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway

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Imsvatnet mine, Sandnes, Rogaland, Norwayi
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Imsvatnet mineMine
SandnesMunicipality
RogalandCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
58° 53' 26'' North , 5° 57' 2'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Age:
1600 to 1000 Ma
Geologic Time:
Reference for age:
Geological Survey of Norway. The Ore Database. Deposit Area 1102 - 005, Imsvatnet.
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Høle318 (2012)3.0km
Hommersåk5,692 (2013)6.9km
Oltedal725 (2013)8.5km
Sviland347 (2012)9.3km
Sandnes63,032 (2017)13.1km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Sandnes SteinklubbSandnes13km
Stavanger GeologiforeningStavanger17km
Mindat Locality ID:
267600
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:267600:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Norwegian:
Imsvatnet gruve, Sandnes, Rogaland, Norge


Two adits have been blasted in a cataclastic fault rock hosted in a grano-dioritic gneiss. The deepest adit is 49 m long. The ore-forming rocks are fine grained and contains finely disseminated hematite that forms 5-30 cm wide lenses in the "cataclasite".

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Mineral List


1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
FeIron
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3

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Link to Geological Survey of Norway:4928

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